The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

April 7, 2010 in Inspiration, The Artist's Way, Writer, Writer's Block, Writers, Writing

I suppose most of you must have noticed by now that this blog, although titled ‘A Writer’s Blog’ doesn’t talk much about writing. In fact, most of the posts on this blog have been about tech-y stuff – software and what not. While I don’t believe that the software makes the creative person more creative, [...]

Krishna and the Kwisatz Haderach

August 2, 2009 in Characters, Inspiration, Plot, Writers

In the past couple of years, I have been fortunate enough to get the chance of reading the Dune series of novels. Written by Frank Herbert, the first book was published in 1965. And in 1966, the book won the Hugo Award and also the Nebula Award for Best Novel. A series of at least [...]

Tools of The Trade – II

May 21, 2009 in Software, Tools, Writers, Writing

Well, after the previous post regarding the different tools I use in the daily course of my life as a writer on the Internet, I went into a semi-despondency-like state… after all, so many things in my life were falling into place, except for a few things which I was used to, and so, kinda [...]

The Urge To Write

January 18, 2009 in Writer, Writers, Writing

The tag line of my blog embodies the underlying drive within each writer – we (writers) have an un-deniable urge to write. Something tugs at us, pushes us and pulls us – we simply have to write. This is the urge that we all fight and eventually succumb to – the inner urge to write. [...]